I agree. It would be so good to find the WMDs. If there are none, one is at a complete loss to explain Hussein's behavior during the last ten years of inspections. Yes, I think GWB hyped WMDs and it may come back to destroy our credibility. Pre-emption will be next to impossible next time...which may or may not be a good thing. My biggest regret in all this is for Canadians alone. That they may be having to live under Liberal rule as far as the eye can see is dismaying.
The good thing, of course, is the nature of parliamentary government. Unlike the deadening effects in modern times of a forest of checks and balances, your form of government can turn on a dime, if enough people want it. The means are there if only the desire can be fostered.
Unless they fill us too full of bloody immigrants - who will invariably vote for the Libs because they'll know nothing about what's going on in the country and will simply vote for whomever was in power upon entering the country. That's what scares me. A good sign? Our Jewish community in Ontario has turned en masse away from the Liberals. Our Italian community, who have also traditionally voted Lib, are starting to turn as well. These are two very important voting blocks lost for the Grits.
I disagree. Whatever faults your system has, it is vastly superior to what we have here in Canuckistan.
Essentially we have an executive branch only, with no House/Senate as a check. Our senate consists of appointed sycophantic ruling party hacks.
Also, our executive/dictator comes to power not by the electorate choosing him from a set of candidates, but by virtue of gaining the most seats.
Our supremes are also appointed by the dictator, with no vetting at all.
We have no such protection as 2 terms and that's it.
Our current dictator is in his 3rd term
We have what that demonic Hillary wanted: socialized medicine.
As far as the WMD thread, this is just a means for the left media to continue to badger Bush. As George Jonas wrote in the National Post, an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. For G-d's sake, Saddam Insane used them on the Iranians, Kurds, and Shiites.
Tyrrany + Technology = WMD.